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I really like it - I think you have a great attitude and you write very well. I will now extract my tongue from your arse.

Where is your blog? ( I think the answer is very obvious once someone tells me, but at the moment I am unable to see it )

clikc on his name.

Originally Posted by TalentedTom

Where is your blog? ( I think the answer is very obvious once someone tells me, but at the moment I am unable to see it )

It's still there...I think, as of this moment, I'm like 8th on the list (on the right hand side). Just scroll down a little bit and you'll be able to see my first two entries. Hopefully I'll get another one up tomorrow sometime.

George, in the newest entry, you said you reraised a guy who opens $6 from dealer after its folded around, and you make it $22 with TT. Is this only because you would be out of position after the flop:
or would you make a play like this if it was folded to CO and he opens for $6 and you were in the dealer button ( assuming it's the same player)

I play TT/JJ very differently from the way you have described here, I never immagined playing them that hard, i'm just interested in your thought process here.

Thanks for your time.

Tom, let me preface this by saying my thoughts may be wrong on this hand, but here is why I played it the way I did...

1) This is how *I* play, but If it's folded to me on the button and I have something decent I'm going to stick a large raise in there. I'll raise Ax this way, along with KT and higher. So I was putting him on a wide-range of hands. Knowing that's the way I play, and the way other strong players play, kinda had me thinking like this...and then,

2) The button had raised from the same position, the same exact amount, on three of the last five orbits. Again, a wide range of hands that this guy could be on here (at least that's what I thought at the time).

3) With only three people left in the hand my TT looks pretty damn good if you ask me. So when it folds to the button and he makes a big raise (like he had been doing three out of the last five orbits), you're damn right I'm going to reraise him. I'm playing this like a short-handed table at this point, I think "betting out for value" is what they call it. Maybe that's wrong, I dunno?

4) I made the huge raise because I was out of position. Was the raise excessive? Looking back I'd have to say it probably was. $15 would have done the job.


I'll make this play from this position occasionally, sometimes with any two, especially if it's the same donk raising my blind every single time. Usually it'll get folded to me right then and there. This time it was called. I still had top pair (so I thought), so I fired another barrel at it. His push should have told me that he wasn't messing around, he didn't give an crap what I had because he had a great hand......Looking back, I should have realized that TT was no good there.

I just don't think it can be a call here. There's no way to know where you're at. He could be raising with AA, KK, Ax, 27o, anything. If I miss my set and he bets again, then what do I do? I still have no way of knowing. I guess I could check-raise, but that's putting in an good chunk of change to find out you're behind. My raise *was* a excessive, so I cost myself more here than I had to (and maybe pot-commited myself too), but I don't think it was a terrible play.

Calling can't be right, and folding can't be right either. I guess you *could* fold it, but that's pretty fucking weak if you ask me. I don't know of many people that fold this here.

Does that work for an explanation? Anyone have any thoughts on this? Well played until I called his push, or was this hand terrible from the get-go?

Mr. Ultimate,
It seems like you play some serious power poker. What range of hands do you reraise with against an average player when it's already been opened and you are isolated preflop against just one opponent? I open with any PP/sc from any position, but I will only reraise with JJ+/AK. That reraise with TT really got me thinking, cause it seems really +EV, I just got into the habbit of taking a lot of flops and going from there.
It's a serious leak by not defning my hand preflop I would lose a lot of money post flop if it came rags. Awsome post this will save me a ton of money. Stuff like this dosn't seem to get discussed very often, too many AA vs KK threads

Also on another note, had the situations been reversed and you were dealer given the same preflop action ( you raise form the button and he reraises), would you have made his call pre/post flop? I would lay the jacks preflop to such a raise, based on the fact that its easier to raise than to call, it seems very high risk or am I too passive with this semi-monsters?

First things first. Cut the "Mr." crap out. The only people that call me that are my kids at school (I'm a teacher). Plus, I am far too young and not yet wise enough as far as poker goes to deserve that title.

Lets get another thing straight, too. I do not play "power poker." If you want to talk to people that play that way, look up a man by the name of Riptyde and he'll tell you all about that. My game? It's a combination of nut-camping and smart betting when I have reads on people. ABC poker if you will. I guess you could call my move "power poker," but that's not really my game...

As far as what range of hands I'll reraise with? Well, if I think the guy is full of shit and can be pushed off of his hand, ANY TWO will do. I do this sometimes when I see a dipshit raising my blind every single time. There's a guy on the site I play at that raises on the button and in the CO *every* single time. I'll blast him out of the water with a reraise, show my junk, and then he'll back off and I get to see cheap cards. Or, the next time he raises me I know he's for real. Make sense?

Generally I like to reraise with AJ-AK, and 88-AA. KQ occasionally. The fact remains, though, is that it really doesn't matter what YOU have. It matters what the other guy has. Think about it. You raise without a strong hand and get reraised. This is going to scare the piss out of you. The question is asked, "Why would this guy reraise my raise?" Answer: He has a strong hand, duh, so I'll fold. See where I'm going?

Now, if the situation is reversed...It all depends on reads and whether or not I've seen this play pulled before, whether or not I've noticed the guy reraising too much, etc, what I'll push with. Usually if I'm on the button and I raise and get reraised...I'm not even going to call unless I have something really strong (all PP's and/or AK). I'm pushing AA and KK, and with a read, AK, JJ, and QQ (though not often). Other than that, I'm probably going to give the guy credit THIS TIME and fold. See why this works?

I dunno, this is all just situational stuff...Just things that I've come to incorporate into my game when the time is right. Not so much from hearing about it from other people, but just gaining experience with the thousands and thousands of hands I play. Does it work all the time? No. Do I get caught in a pickle occasionally? Sure I do. But it does work, and I'd say that something like this has to definitely be +EV.

Again, don't take what I say as gospel...I'm still trying to find my way in this game. Just something to think about.

Jerome Mathis goes ALL THE WAY for 99 yards!!! This kid is going to be great.

Originally Posted by grnydrowave2

Jerome Mathis goes ALL THE WAY for 99 yards!!! This kid is going to be great.

Kansas City 45
Houston 17


gg

Originally Posted by Ultimate George

Originally Posted by grnydrowave2

Jerome Mathis goes ALL THE WAY for 99 yards!!! This kid is going to be great.

Kansas City 45
Houston 17


gg

hahaha... I never said our team was any good

OMG I LOVE YOUR BLOG

I like.

Originally Posted by Ultimate George

I like.

I especially like stories about getting with fat girls. We need more of those in blogs. We need more stories like those on the forums as well. Share your fat girl stories here.

Play some poker and you wont be so bored.

You knowww you want to..

perhaps people are too embarrased to share the fat girl stories what they might have had on new years eve

I just read your College Football entry. I liked your commentary on the kickers. It's nice when people can actually appreciate a sporting event not only for the game itself, but everything else that is going on around it.

Just read your blog for the first time.
nice, ill be reading more often :P

i had a few questions.
Bankroll baby; is this simply a state of mind? are you like more passive than aggro maniac? or is it just you dont want to lose the cash you have made? Do you view it as an investement that is better built of slowly and safely instead of possibly quicker but at slighlty more risk?
i just wonder as i have always found that playing bigger stakes has made my game sharper quicker and improved my aggression factor. I cant find the mentality to grind when i know i could be playing higher, but i do grind well enough when im playing the correct limits im rolled for.
Also, you mentioned moving to mtts from ring.
I suppose this is a related question. Is youre game like your br management i.e tight or are you a differnent player at the table? It seemed you said you had a decent game which sounds similar to where i am so id like to see a post on what you would do if you gave thought to playing mtt's more regularly.
I guess from your job, mtts are difficult coz of time restrictions?
From the money you make at ring i think playing mtts can only be a positive move if you can get together a good mtt game (if you dont already have one)
Good blog george, keep it up :P

Dude, explain ur thinking behind this hand?

#Game No : 3781204522
***** Hand History for Game 3781204522 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, March 19, 23:41:17 ET 2006
Table Wild Child (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: UltimateGW ( $174.32 )
Seat 4: LyleD7 ( $62.69 )
Seat 1: Vulvacanoe ( $108.24 )
Seat 5: Static1069 ( $45.41 )
UltimateGW posts small blind [$0.50].
LyleD7 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Vulvacanoe [ Ts 4s ]
Static1069 folds.
Vulvacanoe raises [$4].
UltimateGW calls [$3.50].
LyleD7 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, Ah, 6h ]
UltimateGW checks.
Vulvacanoe bets [$6].
UltimateGW calls [$6].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
UltimateGW checks.
Vulvacanoe bets [$19.95].
UltimateGW folds.
Vulvacanoe shows [ Ts, 4s ] a pair of kings.
Vulvacanoe wins $39.90 from the main pot with a pair of kings.
Game #3781208309 starts.

I have 88 here. Your turn bet felt like you had jack-shit, but I wasn't going to take it to the house with only 88...

I didn't have the 8 of hearts either.

Ya id have to take u to the house on the river.

reraise preflop george!! show him whos boss

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

gabe sucks?? gabe sucks?????????????

Originally Posted by gabe

gabe sucks?? gabe sucks?????????????

there is really no need for any of the question marks gabe

So I just finished reading all of your blog, at once...why you may ask...because I am running horribly and once I started reading your blog...it kind of cheered me up. Nothing like taking delite in other people's problems. I have also tried to change from full table to 6-max and have been struggling with the switch thus far. Sounds like you have made the switch and I imagine more experience will get me there. I am playing 100NL with a $6000 BR, so I am a little bit of a BR baby as well, 200NL seems to kick my ass, at least thus far. I try it from time to time, but get frustrated a little too easily when running bad. Anyhow, keep up the good blogging, and good luck at the tables.

Do you always raise 50x the BB oop with two limpers with QQ at 200NL when the game is three handed?

Originally Posted by Triptan3s

Do you always raise 50x the BB oop with two limpers with QQ at 200NL when the game is three handed?

Only when I'm playing with superdonks.

Originally Posted by dj newman

So I just finished reading all of your blog, at once...why you may ask...because I am running horribly and once I started reading your blog...it kind of cheered me up. Nothing like taking delite in other people's problems. I have also tried to change from full table to 6-max and have been struggling with the switch thus far. Sounds like you have made the switch and I imagine more experience will get me there. I am playing 100NL with a $6000 BR, so I am a little bit of a BR baby as well, 200NL seems to kick my ass, at least thus far. I try it from time to time, but get frustrated a little too easily when running bad. Anyhow, keep up the good blogging, and good luck at the tables.

Glad my blog helped. I don't take any offense to the "taking delite in other (people's) problems" comment, either. I'm probably more honest than most when it comes to winning/losing so it just comes with the territory. I take losing hard (I'm a lot better with it now), and I wear my thoughts/emotions on my shirt. Everyone runs bad, everyone has downswings. I choose to talk my way through them instead of ignoring them and totally and focusing on my wins.

As far as 6-max goes, you'll get the hang of it. As with all things involved in poker, experience is key. I know in my experience I hit the ground running hot and I thought 6-max was going to be SUPER easy.....but then reality set in, I ran crappy, and even worse....I played terrible.

I regrouped and took a look at my HH's, watched others play, and did some other things to improve my play. That, along with experience helped me out a lot. I was regularly making a nice profit at NL100 and now, after switching to NL200 full time, I'm making an even better chunk of change.

I appreciate your comments on my blog. Good luck at the tables, and take care.

I think what you did on your six hands is what a lot, if not all poker players do from time to time. You become good at poker and start to think you are good and break the rules that made you good in the first place...trying to be fancy since you are invincible cause you are soo good. I dropped a couple of buy-ins the other day from doing the same thing, getting fancy when there was no need. Nothing like donking off a few to bring you back down to reality.

Hey George,

Unlucky dude. Last night I played £25 for 3 hours 3-tabling and won maybe 6 hands in total. EVERY flop missed; every cont bet re-raised, every pair pushed out, every TP outdrawn. Astonishingly, the most I lost on a hand was half a buyin, and that was when Interpoker froze with top two pair against an all-in maniac villain who afterwards told me he had nothing. That would have taken me to -£7 instead of -£45 but meh. In my own small way, I feel your pain.

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah, I've been on runs like this before. I'll be on them again. The one *good* thing I can see in this, umm, if there *is* a good thing in all of this......is that I'm handling it *very* well this time around. I'm seeing things how they are and am not absolutely hating the game because of it. I'm not questioning whether or not I'm a good player. I'm not considering giving up the game this time around or anything crazy like that. I've realized that:

1) My play on Monday/Tuesday was terrible. I have no one to blame except myself for losing money on those two nights. It wasn't bad cards or bad luck, it was just absolutely horrible play.

2) My play on Thursday/Friday was pretty good. Yeah, there are a few hands I wish I could have back, a few hands I could have done a thing different here or there. But overall my game was sound and solid, just didn't catch any cards (which you need sometimes) and others caught better cards when I actually had a hand. It helped too that I was ghosting with someone last night and they even commented about how awful I was running. Just happens sometimes.


I'll get through this. I'll head back down to NL100 for a bit and get my groove back, and all will be right in the world again.

mayne, id jus red ur blog, shyt is tight az fuc. my gayme jus got betta thx ta u. peace